Pet feeding stand



y 1, 1958 w. F. GRANT PET FEEDING STAND Filed Nov. 19, 1956 William F.Grant IN VEN TOR.

A Mann United StatesPatent O PET FEEDING STAND William F. Grant,Arlington, Mass.

Application November 19, 1956, Serial No. 622,909

' 2 Claims. (01. 119 -41 This invention relates to certain new anduseful improvements in a multiple dish racking, supporting and servingstand susceptible of feasible use when feeding house pets, for example,cats, dogs and the like.

More specifically, the concept has to do with a simple, practical,economical and attractive innovation which takes the form of a so-calledpet 'bar which is such in construction that it enables a user toconveniently and systematically rack four, more or less, tapered dishesin keeper holes provided therefor on the platform of the stand, one dishcontaining drinking water, another milk, a third biscuits or the like,and the fourth meat, whereby to afford the pet selective use of thesame.

In carrying out a preferred embodiment of the invention a wooden,plastic or an equivalent lightweight low level stand or rack isprovided. This is characterized by a leg supported elongated platformhaving a plurality of longitudinally spaced dish seating holes adaptedto receive and support selectively usable insertable and removabledishes, said holes each being of prescribed and corresponding diameter,and duplicate dishes of tapered form seated removably in theirrespective holes, the upper mouth portions of said dishes-being of adiameter greater than the diameter of said holes so that .the upper lipportions project to a level above and overhang the upper surface of saidplatform, whereby they may be readily placed in position in said holesfor use and may be easily lifted and removed from the holes for cleaningand replenishing.

Stated otherwise, the invention pertains to a stand having a pair ofleg-blocks, a pair of elongated strip members mounted atop saidleg-blocks in coplanar relationship and providing a platform, the innerlengthwise edge portions of said strip members being disposed in spacedparallelism and having opposed pairs of semi-circular notches defininglongitudinally spaced seating and retaining holes for insertable andremovable dishes, the space between said edge portions defining acontinuous slot and the latter opening through the transverse ends ofthe platform, said slot defining finger clearance and accommodationspaces.

Other objects, features and advantages will become more readily apparentfrom the following description and the accompanying sheet ofillustrative, but not restrictive, drawing.

In the drawing, wherein like numerals are employed to designate likeparts throughout the views:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a pet serving and feeding standconstructed in accordance with the principles of the invention andshowing how it is set up for use;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view taken centrally on the plane of the line 2-2of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the vertical line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawing with the aid of reference numerals theplatform is sectional and is denoted, as an ice , 2 entity, by thenumeral 6. As before mentioned this part may be treated either as aplatform, tabletop, leg-supported shelf or the like. It is hereconveniently called a platform and it is preferably made up of a pair ofduplicate coplanar sections called strip members and denoted by thenumerals 8 and 10. These are fastened by nails or the like 12 atop thebridge portion of the transverse longitudinally spaced leg-blocks 14providing a low level stand. The strip members have their adjacentlongitudinal edge portions disposed in spaced apart parallelism. Thisdefines a running slot which opens through the transverse ends of theplatform. Oppositely disposed pairs of semi-circular or equivalentnotches 16 and 18 respectively are cut out or otherwise formed in theedge portions. The notches open toward or face each other and definesubstantially circular keeper holes or pockets. The respective keeperholes are longitudinally spaced apart and therefore the interveningportion 20 and end portions of the slot 22 provide clearance spaceswhich expedite the step of inserting and removing the food containingdishes or equivalent receptacles 24. It will be noted that eachreceptacle is tapered in form and when placed in its pocket or keeperhole the bottom portion 26 drops to a plane below the underneath side ofthe platform. There is suflicient clearance between the floor or othersurface 28 and the bottom 26 to facilitate pushing the dishes up and outif they jam too tightly in place. The lip 30 at the upper mouth portionof each dish overhangs the adjacent surfaces of the platform andsufiicient overhang here enables one to catch hold of the dish with hisfingers to either insert or lift and remove the same. The dishes arespaced apart as are the keeper holes and therefore the intervening slotspaces 20 afford additional room space for the fingers. It is thereforequite possible to straddle the dish with the thumb and second finger forexample and to insert and remove the dish with facility. Consequentlythe dishes may be systematically and expeditiously racked in place andwhen in position they are held with sutficient certainty that they arenot ordinarily displaced by the animal using the same.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown anddescribed and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalentsmay be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A portable-type pet feeder comprising a low-lying miniature bar-likestand embodying a leg-supported elongated platform having a flat topsurface disposed on a low plane suitable for use by dogs of average sizeand provided at longitudinally spaced places with dish-seating holes forreception of dishes, selectively usable, readily insertable andremovable dishes, each hole being of a prescribed diameter correspondingto the diameter of each other hole, said dishes being of taperedconstruction and seated removably in the respective seating holes, eachdish having an upwardly disposed mouth portion which is of a diametergreater than the diameter of the hole in which said dish is seated andso that the upper lip portion embodied in said mouth portion projects toa level above and overhangs the fiat top surface of said platform,whereby said dish may be readily placed in position in its given holefor use or may be easily lifted and removed from the hole for cleaningand replenishing needs, said platform comprising a pair of fixedcoplanar elongted strip members having inner longitudinal edge portions,said edge portions being disposed in fixed spaced apart parallelism andthe respective edge portions providingua continuoussopemended slotandhaving substantially semi-circular notches formed .therein ..and.spaced longitudinally apart, the notches in the respective edgeportions being spacedly arranged so that they arecooperableirinpprearranged pairs, each pair of notches, with their npenportions:facingkeachiother, 'de'firiing -and providing theaforementioned dish-seating holes, constantly accessible portions ofsaidslot intervening 'between (the respective spaced-apart 'holes.

2.. For use 'in :serving food .tocats, dogs and similar pets; aminiature bar-type low-level dish racking-and supporting standcompiiis'ing a pair of longitudinally spaced leg-blocks of relativelyilow l1eig'ht,.a pair o'f elongated :strip members mounted :atop .saidleg-blocks in constant :coplanar fixed relationship and cooperating'with each other in providing -.a low-lying stationary platform, saidstrip members. having-inner "lengthwise edge portions spaced apart .aconstant and pre-irequisite unchanging distance'and having opposed pairsof substantially senticircular ..notches cooperatingin properly paired,relation References "Cited in the fiIe' Of: this patent UNITED STATESPATENTS 898,828 Brown Sept. 15, 1908 1,688,888 Spreen Oct. 23, 19252,017,265 Tracy .i Oct. 15, 1935 2,360,978 Putter Oct. 24, 19442,584,301 Sinclair Feb. 5, 1952 2,659,345

Herbert Nov. 17, 1953

